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Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: 2happy on November 05, 2007, 10:58:54 pm
WHo do you have (and why)?
This year we didnt hav a qualified one: but next year we get apperently a really good one
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: Toothpaste on November 05, 2007, 11:30:33 pm
Coblin.

I don't do physics if you actually read my signature.
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Post by: Collin Li on November 05, 2007, 11:54:30 pm
Quote from: "Toothpick"
Coblin.

I don't do physics if you actually read my signature.


Yeah, I'm dropping Commerce and taking up teaching. I fucking hate my commerce tutors, they give me shit assignment marks (70% and 60%). Thank god they are mainly based on the exam-mark, or else I'd quit Commerce ASAP.
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: gangreen on November 06, 2007, 08:16:16 am
detters for sure
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Post by: Collin Li on November 06, 2007, 09:43:00 am
Geoff Davies possibly.
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: maxleng on November 06, 2007, 01:29:33 pm
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: rustic_metal on November 06, 2007, 02:19:03 pm
i am so unbelievably sick of people saying 'ftw'.
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: enwiabe on November 06, 2007, 02:19:58 pm
FTW!
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Post by: Galelleo on November 06, 2007, 02:25:53 pm
rustic metal reckons ftw-ftl
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Post by: Odette on November 06, 2007, 02:39:37 pm
Quote from: "rustic_metal"
i am so unbelievably sick of people saying 'ftw'.


Same here... for once we agree on something :shock:
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Post by: melodrama on November 06, 2007, 03:18:58 pm
ah dear, i just got into saying ftw. ftw.
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: *insert witty name here* on November 06, 2007, 04:47:08 pm
MELTAMWORTH! fancy seeing you here

someone tell me, what IS FTW?!
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: *insert witty name here* on November 06, 2007, 04:48:45 pm
Quote from: "maxleng"
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw


hahaha everyone i know goes to 'jack the tutor' :P

you probably know all the plc girls then
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Post by: Galelleo on November 06, 2007, 04:55:02 pm
FTW stands for for the win lol

Duh... L2 1337speak n00b  :wink:  :D
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Post by: maxleng on November 06, 2007, 06:42:37 pm
Quote from: "rustic_metal"
i am so unbelievably sick of people saying 'ftw'.


rustic metal ftmfl
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: 2happy on November 11, 2007, 10:27:12 am
lol. hu else?
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Post by: Collin Li on November 11, 2007, 10:39:11 am
Heh, I hate FTW too.

I just imagine that everyone saying FTW means WTF backwards and then I laugh at them inside my head  :twisted:
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Post by: Galelleo on November 11, 2007, 10:43:12 am
iots almost meant Fuck the world, befoer... but not so much now imo


lol.

Graham Mckinnon was pro physics teacher. but semi-retired now :(
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Post by: Collin Li on November 11, 2007, 10:44:15 am
Quote from: "Galelleo"
iots almost meant Fuck the world, befoer... but not so much now imo


lol.

Graham Mckinnon was pro physics teacher. but semi-retired now :(


Heh, I heard about him. Did he ever teach at private schools or anything?
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Post by: Galelleo on November 11, 2007, 11:10:36 am
i have no idea... but he didnt teach physics this year :( hes just workin as our assistant principle part time... which shits me because he tought last year and my year missed out :( :( :(
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: 2happy on November 11, 2007, 04:22:02 pm
any1 got a bad physics teacher?
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Post by: Collin Li on November 11, 2007, 04:41:31 pm
Quote from: "2happy"
any1 got a bad physics teacher?


There are a lot of bad physics teachers out there. I've had 2.
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: 2happy on November 12, 2007, 03:16:31 pm
why were they so bad?
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Post by: Galelleo on November 12, 2007, 04:57:48 pm
Why is any teacher bad?

Doesnt know their subject matter, isnt passionate enuogh, doesnt put in any extra effort in making suretheir students understand, omit things from course... im sure you could find a lot of ways to mess up an education.

example 1 : Solenoids are a result of when a leprechaun snorts pixie dust.
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Post by: Ninox on November 13, 2007, 05:59:20 pm
[Raises hand for a good teacher]

Anthony Novak, teaches at TSFX and mazenod.
Awesome guy and LOL demonstrations/roleplay.
Memorable moments include Janette and Sven (two imaginary atheletes back in unit 3: Sven fell through the Earth to China because his normal reaction wasn't high enough - but Beijing 08's there  :lol: ), "I-will-drop-brick-on-hand. hand-will-hurt" and by extension, "man-on-wall-equals-wall-on-man"
Structures and Materials ended up with a few guys' jokes about members and  yeh... A great two years with him.
I think I'm ranting...  :oops:
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Post by: Galelleo on November 13, 2007, 06:13:22 pm
lol... Roger Centofanti ... i dont know where he wroks now, but he taught me unit 1 and 2 physics.

Lol, when we were learning about capacitors... he brought one of those balls things in ... and electrocuted himself fro the sake of education ... like... badly lol :P .. like standing on a plastic chair holding it until he was really really negatively charged, and then puttnig his foot out towards the metal table.

it was brilliant.

Thats devotion for ya!
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Post by: Collin Li on November 13, 2007, 07:02:30 pm
Charles Coleiro! Good at everything in the asian four!
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Post by: kido_1 on November 14, 2007, 09:34:00 am
Who is the best physics teacher at TSFX?
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Post by: Collin Li on November 14, 2007, 10:00:41 am
Quote from: "kido_1"
Who is the best physics teacher at TSFX?


Geoff Davies.
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Post by: kido_1 on November 14, 2007, 11:07:22 am
Quote from: "coblin"
Quote from: "kido_1"
Who is the best physics teacher at TSFX?


Geoff Davies.


Thanks Collin. Do you know who are the best teachers for Chem, Spec and English (I just want to know who to put on my preferences as teachers for these subject)

Thanks Again
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Post by: Collin Li on November 14, 2007, 11:15:33 am
Quote from: "kido_1"
Thanks Collin. Do you know who are the best teachers for Chem, Spec and English (I just want to know who to put on my preferences as teachers for these subject)

Thanks Again


Chemistry: Jacinta or Byron, IMO (they are very different styles, if you prefer the funny relaxed woman, choose Jacinta. If you prefer the hard-line authoritarian British, goto Byron. They both have interesting things to say, but if you cannot stand a TSFX class without breaks, don't goto Byron -- he won't have breaks in his classes.)

Specialist: Try to get Charles Coleiro (spelling? ask enwiabe, he teaches at his school!) Otherwise, try get Chris Ireson (if he still teaches). No one else there really stands out, I think.

For English, I don't know?
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: principe on November 14, 2007, 11:26:35 am
Quote from: "maxleng"
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw

Lol all my friends go to Jack for Chemistry tutoring  :) . Is he really that good?
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Post by: nak on November 17, 2007, 04:40:25 pm
Quote from: "coblin"
Quote from: "kido_1"
Thanks Collin. Do you know who are the best teachers for Chem, Spec and English (I just want to know who to put on my preferences as teachers for these subject)

Thanks Again


Chemistry: Jacinta or Byron, IMO (they are very different styles, if you prefer the funny relaxed woman, choose Jacinta. If you prefer the hard-line authoritarian British, goto Byron. They both have interesting things to say, but if you cannot stand a TSFX class without breaks, don't goto Byron -- he won't have breaks in his classes.)

Specialist: Try to get Charles Coleiro (spelling? ask enwiabe, he teaches at his school!) Otherwise, try get Chris Ireson (if he still teaches). No one else there really stands out, I think.

For English, I don't know?


English: Kris. i don't know her last name though  :?
Title: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: Fyrefly on November 18, 2007, 12:55:59 pm
Quote from: "Galelleo"
lol... Roger Centofanti ... i dont know where he wroks now, but he taught me unit 1 and 2 physics.

Lol, when we were learning about capacitors... he brought one of those balls things in ... and electrocuted himself fro the sake of education ... like... badly lol :P .. like standing on a plastic chair holding it until he was really really negatively charged, and then puttnig his foot out towards the metal table.

it was brilliant.

Thats devotion for ya!


Lol, my yr11 teacher got me 2 electrocute myself XD
It was 1 of those static ball thingys that makes all ur hair stand on end. I have long hair and I wore it out that day, so him and the student teacher thort that'd b a bit of fun, lol...
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Post by: bilgia on November 19, 2007, 01:59:57 pm
Quote from: "principe"
Quote from: "maxleng"
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw

Lol all my friends go to Jack for Chemistry tutoring  :) . Is he really that good?


no one beats jack.
Title: Re: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: Ninox on December 11, 2007, 11:35:18 pm
Quote from: kido_1
Thanks Collin. Do you know who are the best teachers for Chem, Spec and English (I just want to know who to put on my preferences as teachers for these subject)

Thanks Again

Chemistry: Jacinta or Byron, IMO (they are very different styles, if you prefer the funny relaxed woman, choose Jacinta. If you prefer the hard-line authoritarian British, goto Byron. They both have interesting things to say, but if you cannot stand a TSFX class without breaks, don't goto Byron -- he won't have breaks in his classes.)


I second Jacinta Fox with a passion!
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Post by: Collin Li on December 11, 2007, 11:38:02 pm
Someone revealed my love-life to Jacinta Fox, and she thought it was cute that people still wrote those sort of HS-ish sort of messages on whiteboards/slides during the breaks :-[
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Post by: enwiabe on December 11, 2007, 11:50:27 pm
Collin, you do realise Charles doesn't even remember you? :P
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Post by: Collin Li on December 11, 2007, 11:53:07 pm
Collin, you do realise Charles doesn't even remember you? :P

Charles was semester 1, and everyone was much louder than me in his class. Jacinta's class was different, because I knew everyone in that class.
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Post by: Ninox on December 12, 2007, 09:22:40 pm
Collin, you do realise Charles doesn't even remember you? :P

Charles was semester 1, and everyone was much louder than me in his class. Jacinta's class was different, because I knew everyone in that class.

I'm lucky to say I was in her actual day-school class, and dare I say it, this year I think I was reputedly the best in her class  ;)
In our school we also have the contrast between the two chem teachers. One's more disciplinarian, yr11 co-ordinator after all, while fox is more fun. LOL - she fears the other chem teacher as well as that teacher's sister, who happens to be an ace methods/spesh teacher and uni maths helper.
Title: Re: Best physics teacher in the state?
Post by: Kopite on December 20, 2007, 09:10:03 am
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw

(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2073/l232efdd59207d24b74b03cfn3.jpg)

The Best.
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Post by: Kopite on December 20, 2007, 09:11:16 am
Quote from: maxleng
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw
Lol all my friends go to Jack for Chemistry tutoring  :) . Is he really that good?

yes. he really is that good,

 myspace.com/jack_a_a 
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Post by: Kopite on December 20, 2007, 09:11:46 am
Quote from: principe
Quote from: maxleng
Tutor Jack in springvale ftw
Lol all my friends go to Jack for Chemistry tutoring  :) . Is he really that good?

no one beats jack.

you are correct.
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Post by: pariah on December 22, 2007, 02:45:55 pm
Quote from: kido_1
Who is the best physics teacher at TSFX?

Geoff Davies.
coblin...how could u possible reckon he's the best? he teaches at my school, and he has absolutely no class control, he doesn't cover the correct material (and not to mention, is very slow at covering said material), and, whilst being a friendly guy, doesn't seem to have much passion for the subjects (especially when he teaches chem and bio). he must put on a decent facade at TSFX...
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Post by: Collin Li on December 22, 2007, 03:01:13 pm
He only teaches Physics at TSFX.
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Post by: pariah on December 22, 2007, 03:38:13 pm
He only teaches Physics at TSFX.
No, he teaches here at MGS! and he's deputy head of physics...(i mean...his email address that was in another thread was @mgs.vic.edu.au!)...Even on the TSFX brochures they say "Senior Physics Teacher - Melbourne Grammar School".
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Post by: Collin Li on December 22, 2007, 03:44:00 pm
No, I meant: at TSFX, he only teaches Physics, sorry!

I haven't had him for other subjects.
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Post by: pariah on December 22, 2007, 04:01:56 pm
Ah, sorry, I misunderstood you (confusing placement of "only"). The only reason he also has to take bio and chem (thankfully only year 10 and 1/2) at our school is coz of the school's policy of getting teachers to take a variety in subjects. He says he basically isn't even qualified to take them, so I really don't get the logic of the policy.
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Post by: Collin Li on December 22, 2007, 04:31:02 pm
Ah, yeah. Bad school policy, not bad teacher :)
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Post by: Mao on December 23, 2007, 07:52:42 pm
hehe, we have a VCAA Physics reviewer (or something along those lines, cant remember what exactly he said) teaching at our school, dunno if thats a good thing or not?
yeah, just coincidentally, he taught me IT 1/2 :D
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Post by: mozart on December 26, 2007, 06:10:18 pm
best physics teacher must be the only physics teacher in our whole school. She's such a gun. You need first hand experience to understand ":p
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Post by: /0 on March 09, 2008, 04:12:19 am
Best:

Dr. Boydell
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Post by: Ahmad on March 09, 2008, 10:01:18 am
Richard Feynman
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Post by: cara.mel on March 09, 2008, 11:11:42 am
Best:

Dr. Boydell

He's the checkpoints guy :o
(The front covers of books are very fascinating and I can look at them for hours :))
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Post by: dcc on March 09, 2008, 11:27:18 am
my dad
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Post by: midas_touch on March 11, 2008, 09:05:23 pm
Neil Cockburn, was far and away the best teacher at my school, and has been teaching yr 12 physics for around 30 years.
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Post by: ?HI? on March 11, 2008, 11:07:21 pm
iots almost meant Fuck the world, befoer... but not so much now imo

LOL i used to think that ftw meant that, until someone told me what it really meant (and commented that it was extrememly fob)

Best teacher (on the basis that he knows his stuff) - Mr. Denver, but he's retired now